Ti to get to work.
Thanks to Bronya's strange ability to over-analyze everything—an ability she seemingly learned from who-knows-where—Kiana Kaslana's usually "Paracium-like" behavior had, for once, taken on a grander quality.
But even with Kiana greenlighting the project, making *Honkai Impact 3rd* wasn't a decision that could be settled with just a few sentences. Currently, the number of employees at miHoYo was nowhere near enough to support the production of such a ga; therefore, they had to start a massive recruitnt drive.
The funds in the company's account weren't exactly overflowing, but Kiana guaranteed she would find a way to secure more money. Furthermore, Bronya had decided to put her full trust in Su Mu and dipped into her own hidden ergency savings.
As for Su Mu, he also invested his modest share of the dividends from *Getting Over It* back into the project. Although the amount wasn't huge, it was a clear demonstration of his resolve.
Su Mu pointed out that creating this ga would be a massive undertaking. To maintain a large-scale 3D mobile ga like *Honkai Impact 3rd*, the team size naturally couldn't be small. In his previous life, it was normal for the team behind a major live-service mobile ga to consist of hundreds of people.
Considering the tight initial funds, Su Mu hadn't originally intended to hire so many people at once. After all, if they recruited hundreds of staff imdiately, the salary expenses alone would be an astronomical figure. The responsibility of recruitnt was handed entirely to Bronya. As the HR Manager of miHoYo, she was already a well-known figure in the gaming industry.
As for Kiana, she was responsible for assisting Bronya and finding ways to attract investnt—a task she had volunteered for. She claid to have a "brilliant plan" and promised to bring back a group of "hidden talents."
Su Mu found it strange—why was Kiana being so proactive? It really didn't seem like her usual personality. But on second thought, since Kiana had taken over the company, it was normal for her to want to make miHoYo big and strong. Being diligent and responsible was actually a good thing.
Su Mu didn't know that Kiana's definition of "hidden talents" was actually derogatory. She was planning to follow the "President Pei" playbook: recruiting "clear-eyed and foolish" university students or hiring old, dead-weight employees who had been fired elsewhere.
3D developnt was a difficult path to begin with, and costs were high. If the developnt process was plagued by constant bugs and the schedule was dragged out indefinitely, the project might die before it even reached the testing phase! If that happened, all the invested capital would be lost!
Thus, Kiana was delighted to find that the food, housing, and travel expenses for the employees Su Mu recruited for *Honkai Impact 3rd* were also counted as part of the investnt! What did this an? It ant she finally caught a "big fish" and could start losing money on a massive scale!
To "lose" her way to becoming the richest person, Kiana was full of motivation! After all, what could be more fun than losing her "stinky old man's" money and watching it turn into ten tis that amount in her personal vault?
The Paracium had evolved into a High-Speed Paracium. Now, it was ti to accelerate!!!
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Su Mu, of course, remained unaware of Kiana's little sches. He didn't have the spare energy to analyze her strange behavior because, frankly, the success of *Honkai Impact 3rd* depended largely on him.
Although the complete proposal had been presented and approved by Bronya and Kiana, writing the proposal and patching the bugs in the *Honkai Impact 3rd* script was actually the easiest step. The real difficulties lay ahead.
The first major hurdle was the portrait and reputation rights for the characters appearing in the ga. Su Mu had previously analyzed that if they could obtain the consent of these individuals, then *Honkai Impact 3rd* would already be halfway to success. It was like making a ga in his previous life that featured a mash-up of famous stars like Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, and Stephen Chow—anyone would be curious enough to take a look and see what was going on. The hype and traffic would be imnse.
But the problem now was: how could he obtain the approval of the characters appearing in the ga?
Bronya ntioned that for those on the Anti-Entropy side and so famous figures in the gaming circle, she would find ways to get their consent. As for the Schicksal side, Kiana was there; she would have her mother and father handle things. Given Siegfried and Cecilia's reputation in this world, obtaining consent shouldn't be difficult.
Therefore, Su Mu didn't need to worry about the approval from Schicksal or Anti-Entropy for the ti being. But the problem was... besides Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, there was another very important group: World Serpent. Specifically, the Thirteen Fla-Chasers and other characters within World Serpent—like Raven, whose island was lost because of the Herrscher of the Void.
"I can only rely on Pardo..."
Su Mu was now glad he had managed to get in touch with Pardo earlier. This way, he wasn't completely in the dark. To convince the Thirteen Fla-Chasers, the approval of Pardofelis alone wouldn't be enough.
Su Mu recalled the Thirteen Fla-Chasers in his mind and felt a bit of a headache. Honestly, if the personalities of the Fla-Chasers in this world were anything like those in the Elysian Realm, they would be very hard to handle. After so thought, Su Mu decided that he had to first secure Eden's approval if possible.
After all, Eden was truly wealthy enough to rival a nation. In *Honkai Impact 3rd*, she personally covered more than half of The MOTHs' operating costs. In this world, she was a major star with a supre status in the music industry. As the mistress of the Golden Courtyard, her voice and prestige were beyond question. At the sa ti, she deeply cherished and cared for her companions. Calling her a "matriarchal" figure wouldn't be an exaggeration. Otherwise, she wouldn't have previously invited Su Mu to visit the Golden Courtyard through Pardofelis.
"How should I convince Eden..."
Although visiting as a guest and then making a request was sowhat impolite, Su Mu didn't want to miss this chance. "Also, the other Fla-Chasers will likely be there. How should I convince them?"
Su Mu opened Word and began writing down information and personality traits for each of the Thirteen Fla-Chasers. As for how he could confirm if their personalities in this world matched his expectations—
"Pardo, do you want to take a look at my new ga proposal?" Su Mu sent a ssage to Pardofelis.
"I want to! I want to, I want to! Brother Su Mu, I've been waiting for your new ga!"
Having experienced a massive surge in followers from streaming Su Mu's ga previously, Pardo had now beco a total fan of Su Mu. Su Mu sent the settings and a portion of the plot for the Elysian Realm arc to Pardo. After finishing everything, he turned off his phone screen.
A short while later.
"Brother Su Mu! You... you didn't investigate secretly, did you? Why are all my relationships so clear to you? Even the personalities are almost exactly the sa!"
END OF CHAPTER
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